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Just in case you missed what’s going on in France: the status quo in Europe is doomed.The status quo has a simple fix for every crisis and systemic problem:1. create currency out of thin air2. give it to super-wealthy banks, financiers and corporations…

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Monday was a terrible day in the stock market. The S&P 500 had a new closing low for the year. It briefly touched a new intraday low. In my book, this is a bear market, despite the media nonsense that it’s only a bear market if it’s down 20%. By the time the market averages are down that much, many mutual funds and individual stocks will be down more. Would you want to sit through that?

I hope that you followed my advice earlier in the year, and took your money home and let it hug you while everyone else was feeling the pain. If you have, great!

I’d accept these gifts gratefully and take advantage to lighten up big time. Bear markets typically last 18 to 30 months and this one is just starting. I see no reason why it might be more benign is than typical.

The price of silver managed to hold onto recent gains this week, despite renewed dollar strength.
Volatility has been soaring as the market’s been thrashing around, with the S&P 500 down another 5% in the last five trading days.

We’ve found a chart that all but proves that the next stock market crash now is inevitable – and could strike at any time.
You see, the primary strategies used to bring the economy back from the 2009 financial crisis are about to backfire. And the indi…

The price of gold is rising as we approach the December FOMC meeting and another possible rate hike.
In fact, the metal closed at a five-month high earlier this month.
But this week will be pivotal for the price of gold, and here’s why…

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Lee Adler

I’ve been publishing The Wall Street Examiner and its predecessor since October 2000. I also provide analysis and charts for David Stockman's Contra Corner which I developed for Mr. Stockman.
I’ve had a wide variety of finance related jobs in the past 44 years, including a stint on Wall Street in both analytical and sales capacities. Prior to starting the Wall Street Examiner I worked as a commercial real estate appraiser in Florida for 15 years. I also worked in the residential mortgage and real estate businesses in parts of the 1970s and 80s.
I have been charting stocks and markets and doing analytical work since I was a teenager. My perspective is not of the Ivory Tower. It is from having my boots on the ground and in the trenches of the industries that I analyze and write about today. View all posts by Lee Adler →

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